Being a Villain is My True Calling

About a year has passed since giving Phantom Luna a stimulus, time flying by like an arrow.

‘Already the second year, huh.’

Maker turned his gaze away after staring blankly at the snow falling outside the window.

“Then, let’s begin this year’s Black Night information exchange meeting.”

The second exchange meeting he’s attending as Eclipse’s representative.
Like when he came last year, a lot of attention was focused on him.

If there was a difference from before, it was that there were more gazes looking at him as an equal rather than underestimating him.

In a way, it was natural.
After all, Maker had already predicted Alpha’s appearance.

Since Alpha’s reappearance a year ago, Alpha began causing periodic disturbances in Korea.

As it was terrorism committed randomly in random areas without purpose, it was inevitable that the damage would directly affect villains operating in each area.

Thanks to Maker’s words, they were able to minimize the damage.

‘If we hadn’t listened to his words, what would have happened..’

While there wasn’t zero damage, it was clear that if they hadn’t prepared based on his words with half-doubting hearts, they would have suffered much greater damage than now.

“There seem to be many empty seats today.”

“They must have all kicked the bucket, what else.”

Seeing the few empty chairs at the round table, such thoughts couldn’t help but grow stronger.

‘I wonder what kind of information he’ll reveal this time.’

And along with that, it was a natural result that they became interested in the information he would disclose.

“..It’s Maker-nim’s turn next.”

Everyone’s attention focused on him, and he chuckled for a moment as if finding the surrounding villains amusing before opening his mouth.

“There was a lot of valuable information today too.”

“We’ll have to prepare this time as well.”

“Since supply and demand for goods will increase, it’s gonna be great!”

After the Black Night information exchange meeting ended.
Everyone started returning to their respective organizations with relieved expressions.

Among the scattered villains here and there, the one who stood out the most was me.

“Maker-ssi, thank you for the information today.”

“Thanks for last time! Thanks to the information you shared, we were able to protect our organization without major issues!”

Probably due to the information I shared last time as well as the decent information I shared today, the goodwill towards me seemed to have increased even more.

“It’s nothing.”

“You’re too modest for a villain, it’s weird..”

“You’re just too rude, you little shit.”

“Gay, you cursed at me again! How many times do I have to tell you cursing is bad!!”

“You must know how advantageous it is to have an information edge? As a villain, you should be a bit more brazen.”

“Hmm.”

At their words, I pondered slightly on what to say.

‘It really is nothing.’

After all, I just told them about what I’m planning to do for terrorism this time.

That a massive terrorist attack on a district scale will occur soon. This is what I said at today’s information exchange meeting.
It’s the one I’m preparing and Roy is researching.

‘Now that it’s reached a stage where we can use it in actual combat, that is.’

There wasn’t any particularly special reason for spreading this information to them.

‘They might be quite useful if they get stronger too.’

There’s a thought I had while rolling the heroes around.
Can we really defeat the final boss with just these guys?

‘As heroes who always save people in disasters, the disasters they will face are sufficiently prepared.’

Disasters threatening them will continue to occur in the future, and accordingly, not just Ice Queen and Phantom Luna, but various heroes will gradually grow and become stronger.

‘But even if they grow more in the future, it’s far from enough to stop everything with just them.’

I can know for sure based on what I’ve checked for a long time.
For some reason, the growth of the association guys in reality is slower than in the original story.

Maybe because there’s no central figure, there are few guys who grow properly, and we also had to consider the possibility of ambiguously strengthened guys becoming corrupted.

No matter how much they follow justice as heroes, they are still clearly human, and there are also hopeless trash-tier ones.

If we’re not careful, they might collapse from within even before confronting the final boss.

‘So as a second-best option, I should give these guys a chance to grow too.’

After all, growing definitively when overcoming crises is the same for both heroes and villains.

The more powerful cards, the better.
And if those are cards I can handle, that’s the best of all.

“Although this is only our second meeting, I’d like to see you all for as long as possible.”

If possible, transformed into guys who would die at my words.
Hiding various inner thoughts, I smiled and saw off the departing villains.

“Hi, honey~ Your information was sexy today too.”

“How can information be sexy?”

“It’s you giving the information that’s sexy.”

And when there weren’t many people left around, a woman approached stealthily.
It was Lin Ling, belonging to the Korean branch of the Black Dragon Faction, a huge Chinese villain organization.

I smiled at her as she came to my side and asked.

“Are you willing to grant my request?”

“Hmm~ It’s your request, so of course I should. Though I’m not sure what you’re thinking?”

Before the information exchange meeting started, I had made a deal with her.
As a result, Lin Ling said she’d think about it for a moment, but it seems she decided to grant my request in the end.

“Thank you, Lin Ling-nim.”

“It’s nothing, you’re just using the wish token you got from last Black Night anyway, right?”

I conveyed my thanks to her.

“Let’s talk details in chat~ Then bye-bye, honey~”

“Yes, goodbye.”

After finishing my conversation with Lin Ling, I was able to return to the organization with the help of the Clock Rabbit.
I was originally planning to meet the Queen in between, but she said she was busy for some reason, so I just came back.

Returning to Eclipse with that regret behind me.

“Welcome back, Maker-nim!”

“I’m back.”

As soon as I returned, the organization members greeted me politely.
They were always polite, but now their eyes were filled with clear respect and a hint of awe.

Seeing that, I could tangibly feel how hard I’ve worked for the past two years.

‘Things have really changed a lot.’

The corners of my mouth naturally lifted at the sweet taste of power.
And then, 42 quietly approached my side.

“Was this coordinate okay?”

“Yes, it was fine this time too.”

“Please give me your coat. I’ll put it away.”

I handed my coat to 42 and asked.

“Is Ga-yeon here?”

“Ga-yeon, no, Polia-nim is currently carrying out a mission received from Astra-nim.”

“What about Lir-ssi?”

“Lir-nim is undergoing a physical examination at the research lab.”

Then it’s time for a break after a while.
I nodded and went straight to my room to rest.

“Phew..”

There really have been a lot of happenings. It’s really tough.
I sat on the sofa and thought about the events that happened this year.

If I had to say, it was ordinary.

Carrying out missions as an executive, sometimes controlling Alpha from behind as Aka Oni, socializing moderately with Z-Bio’s senior researcher.
Also, committing terrorism and rolling Ice Queen and Phantom Luna several times.

“Hah, I’m tired. So tired..”

However, trying to proceed with various tasks simultaneously without getting caught was no small fatigue.
It’s only bearable because subordinates like Ga-yeon and Narin are with me.

If I had to say what was the most difficult among the things I do, I could say it was dealing with Ice Queen and Phantom Luna more than anything else.

‘Honestly, having two assigned heroes is too much..’

At first, I thought only one of the two would become the assigned hero.
But that wasn’t the case.
I didn’t expect that neither of the two would give up their position as my assigned hero.

I don’t know how much I’ve struggled because of that.

It was only later that I created one-on-one situations by committing terrorism when the two were separated.

“It’s probably because of that bastard Optimus.”

Optimus.
A tricky bastard with the ability to always show the best options.

A guy who only has women and games in his head, but took on the role of the association’s brain with that one ability.
And it seems that damn guy was determined to catch me.

“I guess it’s better to send him off before more time passes.”

His ability becomes exponentially more dangerous as the number of hands he can handle increases.
Seeing that he’s starting to become a threat to me, it seemed good to deal with him when the opportunity arises.

‘It may seem like a cheating ability, but the weakness is disappointingly simple.’

I should be able to finish him easily with what I traded with Lin Ling this time.
You taste some shit too.

Ring ring- Ring ring-!

While I was chuckling like that, a phone call came in.

“Hello.”

-Hello! Maker-nim!! It’s Haru!!

“Have you finished the errands I asked you to relay to Roy-ssi?”

Problem solver Haru.
For the past year, she had been playing the role of delivering goods to Roy’s lab or running simple errands.

I was often too busy to go check the research results periodically,
and she was practically an idle workforce except for helping with Alpha’s terrorism once or twice a month at most, so it was a well-chosen personnel selection.

-I did everything you told me to!

“Well done, Haru-ssi. Did Roy-ssi leave any additional messages?”

-He said he wants to see Maker-nim for a bit later!

“I understand.”

He probably has something to say regarding the research.
I nodded appropriately at her words and hung up the phone.

‘It’s about to start, I guess.’

A large-scale terrorism targeting an entire district.
In the next terrorism, we were planning to proceed with what Roy had been researching so far.

“I’m looking forward to it.”

I naturally smiled, wondering what kind of chaotic scene would be created.